The tablet was recognized and worked out of the box, but I didn't find any configuration tools for it. So I proceeded to compile and install xf86-input-wacom-0.18 package. Now I can configure some of the tablet settings through the xsetwacom utility, but I still have some issues:

1.) I can't find a way to set the cursor speed in relative mode. This mode is completely unusable for me, because the cursor is moving too fast. I've tried to set several parameters (found through searching the net), like: SpeedLevel, Speed, RSpeed... but none of them are recognized in this version of xsetwacom.

2.) I miss a GUI utility for MATE. The gnome-control-center has a GUI utility that recognizes my tablet but if I change the settings there, they are not applied. mate-control-center has no such GUI for Wacom tablets, so this is something that should be patched in the future versions.

3.) Since there is no GUI utility that would map tablet layout to script identifiers, I have a hard time understanding which buttons on the tablet correspond to the button identifiers for the xsetwacom utility. There are 9 buttons on the tablet, but which is which? Is the center button named "1", or is the top one "1". Also if I try to set anything beyond button "3", it gives me an error:

The drivers integrated into the kernel make a nice difference, where you just plug in your device and it works. But the lack of a user friendly way to set up your device, puts the Linux experience back into the "waste hours googling around for solutions" corner.

1) Do you have a cursor, wacom tablet mouse or puck for the tablet? Or are you talking about the stylus pointer? You might want to try some xinput commands. Examples for touch are in "VI. Touch & Gesture Tips for the BambooPT" of the BambooPT HOW TO: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=110408

2) Well at least Gnome and KDE now have configuration gui's!

3) There's been some changes recently in xf86-input-wacom. I'd be interested in seeing if that has altered setup any. Olivier Fourdan is one of the Gnome dev.s working on the Wacom applet. He recently posted a png that may be going in: http://people.redhat.com/ofourdan/libwa ... viewer.png

I meant the Stylus pointer. In relative mode it was moving super fast, but now I was able to slow it down to a manageable speed with those settings. I didn't know about xinput and that I can mix those settings with xsetwacom settings. That part of my script now looks like:

Running Linux Mint 13 MATE, and I too have recently purchased a Wacom Intuos5. And after reading a bunch of different sites, I've gotten most of it working--but without any kind of configuration app except xsetwacom. This page and forum has been a great help so far. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions.

I would like to be able to set the buttons and change the mode of the touch ring, but I have no idea what meaning is put to the cryptic settings it has.